October 2015

If you haven’t heard by now, the gold reward from dungeons in Guild Wars 2 has been cut to 1/3 of the pre-update amount. This may be the nail in the coffin for dungeons since they’ve essentially been on life-support for the last year or so. One of the main reasons players were giving dungeons any attention at all was because decent amounts of gold were awarded for their efforts.

“Tricks and Treats” is a basic collection achievement that involves consuming 19 Halloween themed items like cake and cookies. Successfully complete the collection and you will be rewarded with 3 achievement points and a Miniature Candy Corn Ghoulemental.

A large patch was released alongside Heart of Thorns on October 23rd. Aside from new features, the patch included general updates and improvements to the core game. This post will focus on the core game changes and improvements, highlight the most interesting and significant changes, and provide tips to help you make the most of these changes.

“Shadow of The Mad King” is an annual Guild Wars 2 Halloween event that has returned for 2015. The event began on October 23rd and will run for 2 weeks, ending on Wednesday, November 4th. This Halloween Event Guide will explain everything there is to do and how to obtain all of the new rewards, skins, and achievements. So let’s get started.

The October 23rd update has added a new camera mode called “Action Camera”. Enabling the new camera mode replaces the mouse cursor with a white cross-hair that is fixed to the middle of the screen. In effect, the mouse is used for moving the camera without having to click any buttons down. Clicking the mouse now initiates an attack on the targeted enemy. In other words, the Action Camera allows the mouse to behave similarly to the right thumb-stick on…